λυκοσκυτάλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) +‎ σκυτάλιον (skutálion, “little staff, baton”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly.kos.ky.tá.li.on/ → /ly.kos.cyˈta.li.on/ → /li.kos.ciˈta.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.kos.ky.tá.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ly.kos.kyˈta.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ly.kos.cyˈta.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ly.kos.cyˈta.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.kos.ciˈta.li.on/

Noun

λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐον • (lukoskutálion) n (genitive λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ου); second declension

1. white mignonette (Reseda alba)

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐον tò lukoskutálion	τὼ λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ω tṑ lukoskutalíō	τᾰ̀ λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐᾰ tà lukoskutália
Genitive	τοῦ λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ου toû lukoskutalíou	τοῖν λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́οιν toîn lukoskutalíoin	τῶν λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ων tôn lukoskutalíōn
Dative	τῷ λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ῳ tôi lukoskutalíōi	τοῖν λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́οιν toîn lukoskutalíoin	τοῖς λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́οις toîs lukoskutalíois
Accusative	τὸ λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐον tò lukoskutálion	τὼ λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ω tṑ lukoskutalíō	τᾰ̀ λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐᾰ tà lukoskutália
Vocative	λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐον lukoskutálion	λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ω lukoskutalíō	λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐᾰ lukoskutália
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of τὸ λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐον; τοῦ λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ου (Attic)

Further reading

• “λυκοσκυτάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λυκοσκυτάλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette